Comparison of Plan Quality Provided by Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy and Helical Tomotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 240-250

  Cao, Daliang ^a   Holmes, Timothy W ^b   Afghan, Muhammad K N ^a   Shepard, David M ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST AGNES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc sequencing; IMAT; IMRT; Intensity modulated arc therapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse planning; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARC SEQUENCING; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); INVERSE PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34547828790     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.073     Document Type: Article

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